Alien Search Will Soon Involve Artificial Intelligence, Robots?
Humans are doing everything they can to put yet another breakthrough inthe search for alien life. And to make sure that it's not only the human eyes that are open in the lookout, scientists have also involved artificial intelligence to make every potential discovery faster.
Researchers from the University of Toronto Scarborough have created a machine that can be 1,000 times faster to detect whether a place is a habitable or not, reports The Express. The machine they built uses a learning system that enables the AI to be fed with intelligence as that of humans. Meaning, they can perform like humans, but relatively way faster.
It seems that researchers and scientists want to involve more modern technology in the search. According to Popular Science, another group of researchers from the University College London has their own AI robot that also has the ability to determine if a certain planet is habitable or is able to culture any lifeform.
The said robot is called RobERt, which stands for Robotic Exoplanet Recognition. Aside from detecting where else life could be grown on space, these robots can also determine how the celestial structures in space were formed. These AI may help the scientists to discover how the planets in the Solar System came to be.
Can Robots Find Aliens?
If these robots are able to detect which planets or satellites can harbor life. They could possibly find any lifeform through the process. These AI machines will use all the information installed in them to find important details for breakthrough research.
Should this be successful, these space discoveries may be brought to a higher level without adding up cost and risk. Since there are not much people involved, necessary human expenses entailed to space missions could be lessened. And missions would be performed faster than what is usual.
These researches will likely start by the coming year along with the hanging Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) by NASA. The only question there would be for future concerns would be if astronauts will be replaced by AI in future space missions.
